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Category: Love and romance

Brock candy chocolate covered nut roll, 1951

February 14, 2019 Love and romance / Tennessee

Chocolate covered cherries for Valentine’s Day? Classic!

William E. Brock’s company wasn’t the first to mass market them in the US. But Brock Candy was well positioned to become a major competitor.

handholding couple superimposed on RR map to Red Clay GA

February 5, 2019 Love and romance / Tennessee

A romantic elopement, with an unhappy ending

The eloping pair went to Cleveland and were married last night by Squire Harry Parke. This morning they took the track and walked as far as Red Clay, GA., twelve miles.

illustration of woman's face transposed onto a letter

December 11, 2018 Love and romance / North Carolina

I am a poor girl what you might say got no home

Letter from the personal papers of Edgar M. Lyda (1873-1956), who among other posts was mayor of Asheville.

October 30, 2018 Folklore / Love and romance

The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife

In early versions, the farmer makes a pact with the Devil and hands over his shrewish wife in return for a pair of plough oxen.

August 3, 2018 Folk medicine / Love and romance

White livered widders

Folks with a strong sex drive were said to suffer from ‘white liver.’ But the folk medicine record contains scant info on this folk illness.

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